Alicia Keys Research Paper

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Have you ever heard Girl on Fire, well if you have it is sung by Alicia Keys. I picked Alicia because I have heard her songs in the past and she really inspired me. She is always inspiring people across the world with her music and her actions. She was a great singer but I have not heard a song from her in a while. Alicia songs are very inspiring because her music speaks to people and her actions are very important for her to watch because if she does something wrong there is a consequence to it. Most of Alicia songs speak with something important in them. If you look at her song Powerful it takes a lot of meaning into it saying how the world should not be like this. What I mean by the world should not be like this is that the world today is very racist like, and the …show more content…
The one big movement Alicia has done is the no makeup movement or so called #nomakeup. The movement showed people that you don't have to hide your flaws because everyone has some flaws in their life and this movement is more to girl than boys. Another big action she has done is that she co-founded the We Are Here Movement and the movement is to encourage the younger people. The actions of the young people and herself has taken action on the issues like criminal justice reform and ending gun violence. She has done a lot of songs and actions to be the most valuable person. One other action that is important is that she co-founded Keep a child alive which is known as KCA. Now since then KCA has raised more than $60 million to provide AIDS care to hundreds of thousands of children and their families. She is very important to society and without her some people might be dead but her actions and songs stop people and make them feel important to the world. In other words Alicia is the most valuable person in my eyes because of what she has done with her music and

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